Heather Nauert

Heather Nauert (27 January 1970-) was an American journalist and State Department spokeswoman.

Biography
Heather Nauert was born in Rockford, Illinois in 1970, and she worked for Fox News from 1998 to 2005 as a contributor and correspondent. She later worked for ABC News, ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and Nightline, and she was nominated for an Emmy while at ABC for her work on the special 13 Around the World. In 2007, she returned to Fox, and she also became a government affairs consultant on issues such as health insurance, Social Security, and taxes. On 24 April 2017, she became the new State Department spokesperson under Donald Trump, and she supported the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen and supported strong ties with Germany. On 7 December 2018, Trump announced that he would nominate Nauert to succeed Nikki Haley as Ambassador to the United Nations.